| Income Taxes The provision for income taxes includes U.S. federal, state, local and foreign taxes. A reconciliation of the Company’s statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate is summarized in the following table: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | | 2026 | | 2025 | | 2026 | | 2025 | | | U.S. federal statutory tax rate | 21.0 | % | | 21.0 | % | | 21.0 | % | | 21.0 | % | | | State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit | 3.0 | | | 3.0 | | | 3.0 | | | 2.9 | | | | Nontaxable or nondeductible items: | | | | | | | | | | Nondeductible executive compensation | 1.6 | | | 1.5 | | | 1.4 | | | 2.2 | | | | Excess tax deficiencies (benefits) related to the vesting and delivery of restricted stock units | — | | * | 0.4 | | | 0.8 | | | (3.1) | | | | Valuation allowance | (0.8) | | | (0.2) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.2) | | | | Changes in unrecognized tax benefits | 0.1 | | | (0.5) | | | 0.1 | | | (0.5) | | | | Effect of cross-border tax laws | 0.1 | | | — | | * | 0.1 | | | — | | * | | Foreign tax effects | — | | * | (0.4) | | | 0.1 | | | (0.2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other | — | | * | (0.1) | | | 0.1 | | | — | | * | | Effective income tax rate | 25.0 | % | | 24.7 | % | | 26.1 | % | | 22.1 | % | |
_________________________ * Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%.
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